Media Response
Gloria Molina Fosters Youth for Improved Graduation
Rates, College Enrollment, July, 2009
Higher GPAs, Lower Drop-Out
Rates via Molina’s Educational Pilot Project
In addition to Molina’s office, pilot project participants
include the county’s Chief Executive Office, Dept. of Children & Family
Services, and Education Coordinating Council as well as Los Angeles
Superior Court Judge Michael Nash (who presides as supervising
judge of the Dependency Court) and Casey Family Programs. Participating
staff from these agencies were honored at today’s meeting
of the county Board of Supervisors, as were Edward Velasquez—who
serves as Montebello Unified School District superintendent—and
Richard Martinez, the assistant superintendent of the Pomona Unified
School District.
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The Legal Center for Foster Care and Education,
May, 2009
The Legal Center for Foster Care
and Education has released a new publication, Solving the Data
Puzzle: A How To Guide on Collecting and Sharing Information to
Improve Educational Outcomes for Children in Out-of-Home Care.
This How To Guide provides details on relevant legal and policy
considerations, as well as examples from around the country engaging
in this important work. The ECC is used as an exemplar in this
work.
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Residential
Education: An emerging resource for improving educational
outcomes
for youth in foster care?
This
is an excerpt from a pre-publication version of the authors' 2009
manuscript: Residential Education: An emerging resource
for improving educational outcomes for youth in foster care? The
ECC is mentioned in this published article about residential academies where
we are highlighted for having created a workable model.
B.R. Lee and R.P. Barth
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The Signal,
Santa Clarita Valley, February 12, 2009
Deputies Prowl the Web for
Cyber Bully
Court Order Sent to YouTube in Spalla Hacking Incident
Brian Charles
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The Signal, Santa Clarita Valley, December 30, 2008
Michelle Barritt has been
assigned liaison to the Acton District consultant charged
with
implementing Project 51.
Brian Charles
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The Signal, Santa Clarita Valley, December 9,
2008
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to direct the Los Angeles Education Coordinating Council to implement
an anti-bullying plan in the Acton-Agua Dulce Unified School District.
Brian Charles
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The Signal, Santa Clarita Valley,
December 1, 2008
Officials at two local juvenile probation camps for high school girls continue to wrestle with a request approved by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors to make the camps charter schools.
Melissa Gasca
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La Opinion, 26 de junio de 2008
Esperando para hijos de crianza
Por primera vez un evento reúne el apoyo y la orientación para niños y jóvenes
en hogares de crianza o en libertad condicional
Eileen Truax
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LA Daily News, June 25. 2008
Ex-foster kids no longer alone
ECC Resource Fair provides practical support
By Dana Bartholomew, Staff Writer
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Healthy City Project Newsletter, Fall 2006
An Even Playing Field: Support for Probation
and Foster Youth
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La Opinion, 20 de febrero de 2006
‘Esperando más’ de los niños
Programa busca impulsar académicamente a 60 mil niños
en el condado
Agustín Durán
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Daily Journal, August 31, 2005
Data-Sharing Could Ease 'Back-to-School' for Foster Children
FORUM Column by Miriam Aroni Krinsky
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LA Times, June 3, 2005
Q & A | DEPENDENCY COURT
Improved Process Boosts Care, Reduces Cases
Judge Michael Nash answers questions about Los Angeles' Dependency Court
By Caitlin Liu
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LA Times, May 30, 2005
Standing Between the Lockup and a Diploma
L.A. County probation officers work inside mainstream schools to help young offenders steer clear of trouble.
By Erika Hayasaki, Times Staff Writer
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Press Release, January 20, 2005
LAUSD Board President José Huizar
named Chair of the ECC for Los Angeles County.
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